Distance from the record
This close sat 4.89% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-07-28.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 August 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 22 July 2003
Silver closed at $4.936 per troy ounce on 5 August 2003, down $0.080 (1.59%) from the previous close of $5.016.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 4.89% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-07-28.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.630, making this a +6.61% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.94 per troy ounce on 5 August 2003. That is $0.08 lower than the previous close of $5.02, a move of -1.59%.
The silver price fell on 5 August 2003, losing $0.08 (1.59%) against the previous session's close of $5.02.
At $4.94 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.16 on 5 August 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.8 on 5 August 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 August 2003, silver was around $5.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.94 is a loss of 4.4% over the week.
A month before 5 August 2003, silver was around $4.68 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.94 is a gain of 5.4% over the month.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 4.89% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-07-28.